All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 26 No. 3+4 – Page 3
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MiYOSMART and Stellest equally efficient in myopia control for European children, study concludes
According to a new study published at the end of last year, HOYA’s and EssilorLuxottica’s myopia management lenses, respectively branded MiYOSMART and Stellest, are equally efficient to treat European children. Authors of the research stressed that this was the first such study as previous ones have focused on Asian children. ...
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Krys Group opened record number of shops last year
Krys Group has announced that it has opened 93 new optical stores and transferred or expanded 30 in 2024, reaching a new record high. The French voluntary group claims that these openings accounted for half of the new optical stores’ creation in France last year and enabled it fo further ...
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News briefsMarcolin appoints industry outsider to steer North American business
Marcolin has anounced the appointment of Marco D’Acunzo as its new CEO for North America, effective Jan. 8, 2025. The group’s North American branch’s previous CEO, Emanuele Cappellano, left the company more than a year ago and an interim CEO served in the meantime, the company said. A senior executive ...
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JINS maintains double-digit sales growth in Q1
JINS Holdings has reported a 15.9 percent year-on-year increase in revenue to 21,056 million Japanese yen (€129.6m) for the three-month period ended Nov. 30, 2024 (Q1), roughly in line with its growth pace in the past fiscal year but slightly decelerating from the previous quarter. Domestic sales outperformed, growing by ...
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ArticleSwitching to a direct distribution model, Revo announces several appointments in Europe
As part of its switch to a direct distribution strategy worldwide, Revo has announced several appointments of seasoned managers in key European markets. Filippo Valentini, Managing Director of Dido Agency, already representing Imago Eyewear in Italy will represent the sunglasses and goggles brand in this market. Eric Gonguet, who ...
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Multiópticas president has passed away
Carlos Piñeiro Franco, president of Multiópticas, died on Jan. 4, aged 58, several Spanish websites have reported. He was the third-generation leader of the company that he joined in 1989 and where he became president in 2016. Multiópticas has a distribution network of over 600 opticians in Spain but is ...
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Two small independent retail groups merge in the Benelux
BrilGroup and ClearVision, two relatively small retail groups operating in partnership with independent opticians and hearing aid specialists in the Netherlands and Belgium, have agreed to merge. The new entity, called ClearVision Group, has a retail footprint of 41 stores ClearVision Group’s strategy is to acquire a majority stake in ...
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ArticleNew report looks at US frames buyers criteria and habits
Focused inSights 2024: Frame Buyers, the latest report by The Vision Council, the US eyewear industry association, focuses on the motivations and choice criteria of US eye care professionals (ECPs) in their procurement of optical frames and sunglasses for their shop. The results are based on an online survey of ...
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ArticleSector market capitalization up 20% last year, boosted by Essilux
The total market capitalization of 25 stock-listed eyewear companies rose by 20 percent to €230 billion in 2024, with EssilorLuxottica and the rest of the Top 5 accounting for 90 percent of the growth.
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ArticleA look at myopia management in Europe with ECOO
While Asia, and China in particular, remains by far the largest myopia management market globally, the category is gaining traction in Europe at all levels: eye care professionals (ECPs), industry suppliers, health authorities and, perhaps to a lesser extent, the general public. In a written interview with Dr Sylwia Kropacz-Sobkowiak, ...
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Fielmann appoints new CEO for its US business
The Fielmann Group has announced that it has promoted Russ Steinhorst to the position of CEO at Fielmann USA, its subsidiary in the US. Steinhorst has served as CEO of Shopko Optical, the Wisconsin-based retail chained recently acquired by the German group, between 2017 and 2024. Under his leadership, Shopko ...
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